Plomodiern
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Plomodiern Ploudiern | |
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 Chapel of Saint Corentin, Plomodiern | |
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Location of Plomodiern  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°10′55″N 4°13′50″W / 48.1819°N 4.2306°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Châteaulin |
| Canton | Crozon |
| Intercommunality | Pleyben-Châteaulin-Porzay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Joël Blaize[1] |
| Area 1 | 46.74 km2 (18.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,251 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29172 /29550 |
| Elevation | 0–249 m (0–817 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Plomodiern (French pronunciation: [plɔmɔdjɛʁn]; Breton: Ploudiern) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography[edit]
Climate[edit]
Plomodiern has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plomodiern is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,117.8 mm (44.01 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in February, at around 6.9 °C (44.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plomodiern was 36.6 °C (97.9 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.3 °C (13.5 °F) on 13 January 1987.
| Climate data for Plomodiern (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1982−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 23.0 (73.4) | 26.4 (79.5) | 29.7 (85.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 34.8 (94.6) | 36.6 (97.9) | 31.0 (87.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 36.6 (97.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.3 (54.1) | 14.4 (57.9) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 16.7 (62.1) | 12.9 (55.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.9 (60.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 6.9 (44.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.7 (63.9) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 4.9 (40.8) | 5.9 (42.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.4 (52.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 13.0 (55.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 9.2 (48.6) | 6.1 (43.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | 8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) | −8.0 (17.6) | −7.6 (18.3) | −3.0 (26.6) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.8 (40.6) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.7 (36.9) | −2.3 (27.9) | −4.0 (24.8) | −6.6 (20.1) | −10.3 (13.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 135.5 (5.33) | 102.5 (4.04) | 85.9 (3.38) | 80.0 (3.15) | 81.6 (3.21) | 52.8 (2.08) | 57.8 (2.28) | 61.3 (2.41) | 77.9 (3.07) | 117.9 (4.64) | 127.1 (5.00) | 137.5 (5.41) | 1,117.8 (44.01) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.9 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 14.6 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 146.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population[edit]
Inhabitants of Plomodiern are called in French Plomodiernois. The village is located next to the Menez Hom.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,099 | — |
| 1975 | 1,922 | −1.25% |
| 1982 | 1,963 | +0.30% |
| 1990 | 1,912 | −0.33% |
| 1999 | 2,076 | +0.92% |
| 2007 | 2,142 | +0.39% |
| 2012 | 2,194 | +0.48% |
| 2017 | 2,136 | −0.53% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Politics[edit]
Mayors[edit]
| Term | Name |
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| 2001–2020 | Claude Bellin |
| 2020–incumbent | Joël Blaize[5] |
Municipal election results[edit]
2020:[6]
- Plomodiern ensemble 58.66%
- Un nouveau souffle pour plomodiern 41.34%.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Plomelin-Inra (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Plomodiern. Joël Blaize succède à Claude Bellin à la mairie, Ouest-France, 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Résultats élections municipales 2020 : Plomodiern | le Télégramme".
External links[edit]
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)
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